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N. O. BASS ETT. ELEVATOR OPE-RATING DEVICE.

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ELEVATOR OPERATING DEVICE. No.,453,955. Patentd June 9,1891. I #1 #1 I I aq i UNITED STATES PATENT QFFI E.

NORMAN o. BASSETT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE HYDRAULIC ELEVATOR COMPANY,

OF SAlilE PLACE.

ELEVATOR-OPERATING osvlcs.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 453,955, dated une 9, 1891.

Application filed October 2'2, me. sonar No. 216.952. on modeld Patented in France September 25,1888, at. 193,182 in Bel; g i um September 26, 1888, No. 83:880; in Canada February 16, 1889, No. 30,805 in Austria-Hungary July 4,1889,N- 29,933,

and in England August 3, 1889, No, 13.8 90.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NORMAN C. Bnssnr'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at. Chi cago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have. invented certain new and useful Improvements in Operating Devices for Elevators of which the following is a specification.

This invention was patented in England [0 August 3, 1889, No. 13,890; in France September 25, 1888,,No. 193,182; in Belgium September 20,1888, N 0. 83,380; in Austria-Hungary J uly- 4, 1889, No. 29,933, and in Canada February 16, 1889,- No. 30,805, and relates to :5 meansfor actuating the stopping and starting or controlling mechanism of an elevator j from the traveling cage; and said meansconsists of a cable suspended from fixed points i and connected with the controlling device, and a single hand device carried by the cage and constructed to operate the cable to impart the required movements to the controlling device, as fully set forth hereinafter, and,

as illustrated in the'accompanying drawings,-

in which-- Figurel is a side view of suificient of an elevator to illustrate my improvement. Fig. 2 is an enlarged edge view in section through the cage, showing the. cable-operating device 0 and'hand device illustrated in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of sufiicient of an elevator to illustrate a modification of my improvement. Fig. 4 is a diagram showingt-he position of the cables in Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is a part section on theline 1 2, Fig. 3 In that class of elevators in which the stopping and starting.mechanism, including a belt-shifter, valve, or other device, is operated from the cage through the medium of 40 suspended ropes or cables, whether two separate sections or the two sections of a single cable hanging parallel within the well, each section has been acted on-by means of a sepa rate operating device, so that the stopping 5 and starting otthe cage can only be effected by manipulating both or one of two devices. The necessity of distinguishing between t-wo independent devices sometimes leads to mis takes and accidents and invblves an expensive construction of the apparatus; Toavoid these objections I combine with the two suspended cable-sections a single oporating device, carricd by the cage and so constructed v that either one 'or the other part of the cable may be contracted by the operator within the cage by varying the movements of the said device.

In carrying out my invention I may use operating devices of d'itfcrcn't constructions, and may employ the same in connection with ele 6'0 vating engines of different kinds and provided with different kinds of stopping and starting devices, as valves, belt-shitting bars, electric switches, &c.,- according to the character of the engine.

In Fig. 1 the cage A is shown as supported by a flexible suspensorybr cable 1, and adjacent to the path of the cagewithin thewell is suspended the shifting cable, which may be in one continuous piece with the ends of the vertical sections or parts attached to eyebolts 2 2 at the top of the well, as in Fig.

1, or it may consist of two separate pieces, as

in Fig. 3, there being in each case practically two parallel-cable-sections 5-6- hanging from 7 the eyebolts 2 within the well.

The cable is connected through any suitable means with the stopping and starting. device-as, for instance-When the stopping and starting device is a belt-shiftr-by passing the cable around two guide-pulleys 3 4at the bottom of the well and attaching the central portion to a log or bracket 7, extending from a shiftingbar 8, as in Fig. 1, orby connecting the ends of the separated cablc-scce tions to a lever l5,'to which the stopping and starting device of any character may be connected, as in other elevators.

The cable-operating device shown in Fig. 1 consists of n. bar or frame 9, carried by a shaft 10, extending through the side of the cage and provided with a hand vheel .11 at the inner end and also with studs 1:? 13, the formercarryingtwo grooved pulleys 14 and 15, arranged side by side, and the latter car- 5 r'yin g two grooved pulleys 16 and 11', similarly arranged. The section 5 of the cable is passed beneath the pulley l4 and over the pulley 16 and hangs downward from the latter, while the section 6 passes beneath the rec pulley 17 and over the pulley 15, and thence downward, so that the tilting of the bar or frame 9 inthe direction of the arrow, Fig.1, will drawupon the section '6 of the cable and I relax the-section 5, thereby moving the stopping and starting device in one direction,

while a reverse movement of the bar or frame will kink or draw upon the section 5 and relax the section 6 and reverse -the position of no the stopping and starting device, while the vertical movementof the cage does not operate or change the position of either cableseotion. The cage therefore may be started and stopped at any'point by the use of a single hand device within the cage, although two suspended cable-sections are employed, thereby securing by the manipulation of a single device from within the cage a positive movement of 'the stopping and starting device in each direction, the operations upon the two cable-sections being effected with as much certainty and with as little liability to mistake as when a single hand-cable ouly'is employed.

I i the construction shown in Figs. 3 and 4 a lever 9, connected with a hand device 11" within the cage, carries, two grooved pullegs 26 27, and guide-pulleysilS 29 31 turn on studs projecting from the cage the cablesection 5 passing around the pulleys 28 26 29 and. downward to the lever 15, and the cable-section -6 passing around the pulleys 30 27 31 and downwardfto the said lever. When the'lever 11 is swung in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 3, the section 6 is drawn between the pulleys 30-31 and the.

other section is relaxed. When the movementot the lever 11 is reversed, the'section 6 is relaxed and the section 5 is drawn upon, 40

position it is desired to impart to the .stopping and starting device.

I have shown dilterent cable-operating devices, and I have termed the part of the cable-operating device within the cage 9. hand device, as it is usually moved by the hand of the operator within the cage, although it is sometimes moved by the foot, and I do not limit myself to the employment of cable-operating and hand devices of the construction shown, as other differentforms may be employed with like result.

I am aware of the construction shown in myLetters Patent No. 359,551, inwhich there is shown cooperating device in which two double-grooved wheels are employed, the some being one species under the invention herein claimed and dithering practical] from. the construction herein shown in the labil- 6o ity ot the cables. to slip on one or other of I .ing two suspended sections, a shifting-bar operating device carried by the cage bearing -on both cable-sections and provided with it thus vibrating the lever 15, according to the single hand device within the cage, substana assess the double-grooved pulleysthereny causing it wear-that is avoided-when each-pulley can ,turn independently.

I do nothere claim the speciahconstruetion shown in' Figs. 3, 4, and.5, as these form the subject of a separate application, Serial No. 392,023, filed May 8, 1891.

Without limitingmyself to the precise con: struction and arrangement of parts shown and described, I claim- 1. A device for operating the stopping and starting mechanism of an elevator, consisting'of two cables or cable-sections hanging. in the well adjacent to the path of the cage from fixed supports at the upper ends and both connected with the stopping and starting mechanism, and a singlecable-operating device carried by the cage and arranged to bear upon both cables or cablesections to tighten or slackenthe same alternately to shift said mechanism to its different positions, substantially as set forth.

2. In controlling'devices for elevators, the combination of a car, two fixed or standing cable-sections, each connected with a.fixed'85 support at one end 'nnd at'the other with the starting-and stoppingmechanism, a cable-' operating device on the car bearing on both cables and over which said cables pass, and means for moving said device to alternately 9o take up and pay out the cables to shift the operating mechanism, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a edge, a cable havconnected with both parts of said cable-sections at the ttom of the well, and a cableandover, the pulley at the opposite end 0 the lever, substantially'as set forth. 1

In testimony whereof- I have signed my. name tothis specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

- NORMAN C. BASSETT. Witnesses: CHARLES EcFcs'nrm C. VnLLn'rr-s Kn'sson. 

